SQL Server Jobs in England

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring SQL Server skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SQL Server over the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 77 34 55
Rank change year-on-year -43 +21 -12
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 1,676 4,641 4,893
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 3.43% 5.40% 5.45%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 23.57% 30.53% 25.43%
Number of salaries quoted 1,212 4,096 3,865
10th Percentile £31,250 £34,905 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,375 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £83,759 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year - -1.79% +5.66%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
England

SQL Server falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 7,110 15,203 19,241
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 14.56% 17.70% 21.42%
Number of salaries quoted 4,707 11,438 12,133
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -11.54% +8.33%
75th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £84,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £97,500 £105,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% -11.54% +8.33%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing SQL Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server in England

SQL Server
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SQL Server in England.

Salary trend for SQL Server in England

SQL Server
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in England over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.

Salary histogram for SQL Server in England

SQL Server
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server within the England region over the 6 months to 12 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England -45 463 £50,000 - 274
London -52 426 £71,000 +9.23% 608
North West -59 292 £50,000 - 177
Midlands -25 291 £52,000 +4.00% 174
South East -60 271 £50,000 -9.09% 358
West Midlands -40 152 £57,500 +9.52% 98
Yorkshire -9 143 £52,500 +1.95% 78
East Midlands -18 138 £49,500 +4.21% 71
East of England -40 136 £47,500 - 113
South West -63 79 £52,500 - 90
North East -12 32 £55,000 +15.79% 27
SQL Server
UK

SQL Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 153 (9.13%) Confluence
2 102 (6.09%) IIS
3 87 (5.19%) Microsoft Exchange
3 87 (5.19%) SharePoint
4 26 (1.55%) CMS
5 25 (1.49%) Umbraco
6 21 (1.25%) Apache Airflow
7 19 (1.13%) Tomcat
8 13 (0.78%) Apache
9 11 (0.66%) Apache Spark
10 7 (0.42%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 5 (0.30%) Moodle
12 4 (0.24%) NetWeaver
12 4 (0.24%) NServiceBus
13 2 (0.12%) BizTalk Server
13 2 (0.12%) SAS
13 2 (0.12%) SharePoint Server
13 2 (0.12%) Skype for Business
13 2 (0.12%) WebSphere
13 2 (0.12%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 73 (4.36%) Microsoft Office
2 40 (2.39%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (0.60%) Trello
4 7 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.36%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.24%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.12%) Moqups
7 2 (0.12%) Sketch
7 2 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.060%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.060%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.060%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.060%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 58 (3.46%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (0.66%) Fidessa
3 6 (0.36%) Infor M3
3 6 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
4 5 (0.30%) Elite 3E
4 5 (0.30%) Endur
4 5 (0.30%) SAP Business One
5 4 (0.24%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
5 4 (0.24%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 4 (0.24%) Sage 200
6 3 (0.18%) Infor CloudSuite
6 3 (0.18%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
7 2 (0.12%) Eikon
7 2 (0.12%) Odoo
7 2 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (0.12%) RMDS
8 1 (0.060%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.060%) Relativity
8 1 (0.060%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 944 (56.32%) Azure
2 403 (24.05%) AWS
3 303 (18.08%) Power Platform
4 149 (8.89%) Azure DevOps
5 148 (8.83%) Microsoft 365
6 146 (8.71%) GCP
7 109 (6.50%) SaaS
8 92 (5.49%) Dynamics 365
9 80 (4.77%) GitHub
10 75 (4.47%) Azure Data Factory
11 69 (4.12%) Power Automate
11 69 (4.12%) PowerApps
12 47 (2.80%) Azure Logic Apps
13 45 (2.68%) Serverless
14 44 (2.63%) Entra ID
15 35 (2.09%) IaaS
16 28 (1.67%) Azure Functions
17 27 (1.61%) Azure Monitor
17 27 (1.61%) PaaS
18 23 (1.37%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 109 (6.50%) Firewall
2 82 (4.89%) DNS
3 60 (3.58%) DHCP
4 47 (2.80%) VPN
5 46 (2.74%) SAN
6 39 (2.33%) TCP/IP
7 38 (2.27%) LAN
7 38 (2.27%) WAN
8 28 (1.67%) Network Security
9 20 (1.19%) HTTP
9 20 (1.19%) Intranet
9 20 (1.19%) VoIP
10 18 (1.07%) FTP
11 15 (0.89%) VLAN
12 13 (0.78%) NAS
13 9 (0.54%) Remote Desktop
13 9 (0.54%) VSAN
13 9 (0.54%) Wi-Fi
13 9 (0.54%) Wireless
14 8 (0.48%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 214 (12.77%) Power BI
2 177 (10.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 169 (10.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 124 (7.40%) Data Warehouse
5 122 (7.28%) MySQL
6 89 (5.31%) PostgreSQL
7 87 (5.19%) Relational Database
8 83 (4.95%) Azure SQL Database
9 67 (4.00%) NoSQL
10 65 (3.88%) MongoDB
11 53 (3.16%) Data Lake
12 40 (2.39%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 34 (2.03%) DB2
14 29 (1.73%) Tableau
15 25 (1.49%) Metadata
16 21 (1.25%) Data Hub
17 19 (1.13%) Oracle Reports
18 17 (1.01%) RDBMS
19 16 (0.95%) SQL CLR
20 15 (0.89%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 294 (17.54%) JIRA
2 210 (12.53%) Selenium
3 209 (12.47%) Bitbucket
4 208 (12.41%) GitLab
5 203 (12.11%) Maven
5 203 (12.11%) SonarQube
6 200 (11.93%) Cucumber
6 200 (11.93%) Sonatype Nexus
7 169 (10.08%) Git
8 98 (5.85%) Visual Studio
9 36 (2.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 32 (1.91%) Jenkins
11 26 (1.55%) TeamCity
12 23 (1.37%) NUnit
13 21 (1.25%) Octopus Deploy
14 15 (0.89%) Team Foundation Server
15 14 (0.84%) MagicDraw
16 11 (0.66%) PowerBuilder
17 10 (0.60%) Oracle Forms
18 9 (0.54%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 527 (31.44%) Finance
2 476 (28.40%) Social Skills
3 262 (15.63%) Banking
4 252 (15.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 175 (10.44%) Analytical Skills
6 171 (10.20%) Retail
7 105 (6.26%) Investment Banking
8 90 (5.37%) Corporate Banking
9 57 (3.40%) Manufacturing
10 55 (3.28%) Law
11 34 (2.03%) Back Office
11 34 (2.03%) Organisational Skills
12 33 (1.97%) Public Sector
13 31 (1.85%) Marketing
14 26 (1.55%) Legal
15 25 (1.49%) Advertising
16 21 (1.25%) Documentation Skills
16 21 (1.25%) Local Government
17 14 (0.84%) Front Office
18 13 (0.78%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 652 (38.90%) Developer
2 272 (16.23%) Software Engineer
3 257 (15.33%) Senior
4 151 (9.01%) Senior Developer
5 149 (8.89%) Analyst
6 142 (8.47%) .NET Developer
7 123 (7.34%) Software Developer
8 118 (7.04%) C# Developer
9 103 (6.15%) Lead
10 100 (5.97%) SQL Developer
11 91 (5.43%) Full-Stack Developer
11 91 (5.43%) Support Analyst
12 88 (5.25%) Applications Support
13 69 (4.12%) Data Engineer
14 63 (3.76%) Support Engineer
15 61 (3.64%) Applications Support Analyst
16 59 (3.52%) Architect
16 59 (3.52%) IT Support
17 51 (3.04%) C# .NET Developer
18 48 (2.86%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 592 (35.32%) .NET
2 395 (23.57%) CSS
3 391 (23.33%) HTML
4 382 (22.79%) React
5 232 (13.84%) Kafka
6 224 (13.37%) ASP.NET
7 212 (12.65%) Spring
7 212 (12.65%) Spring Boot
8 208 (12.41%) Redux
9 198 (11.81%) JPA
10 194 (11.58%) .NET Framework
11 192 (11.46%) REST
12 178 (10.62%) .NET Core
13 158 (9.43%) RESTful
14 155 (9.25%) HTML5
15 136 (8.11%) AngularJS
16 115 (6.86%) XML
17 110 (6.56%) CSS3
17 110 (6.56%) Hibernate
17 110 (6.56%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 237 (14.14%) Product Ownership
2 215 (12.83%) Enterprise Software
3 94 (5.61%) Management Information System
4 67 (4.00%) Mobile App
5 53 (3.16%) Self-Motivation
6 34 (2.03%) Client/Server
7 32 (1.91%) Cloud Native
8 31 (1.85%) NHS
9 30 (1.79%) Clustering
9 30 (1.79%) Driving Licence
9 30 (1.79%) Private Cloud
10 29 (1.73%) Data Structures
10 29 (1.73%) Replication
11 26 (1.55%) Data Centre
11 26 (1.55%) Legacy Systems
12 23 (1.37%) Legacy Applications
13 20 (1.19%) Onboarding
14 17 (1.01%) Robotics
15 15 (0.89%) Hedge funds
15 15 (0.89%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 291 (17.36%) Windows
2 149 (8.89%) Windows Server
3 148 (8.83%) Linux
4 49 (2.92%) Unix
5 36 (2.15%) Android
6 30 (1.79%) Windows 10
7 28 (1.67%) Windows Server 2016
8 19 (1.13%) Windows Server 2019
9 14 (0.84%) Apple iOS
10 13 (0.78%) Windows Server 2012
11 10 (0.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 8 (0.48%) CentOS
12 8 (0.48%) Ubuntu
13 4 (0.24%) AIX
13 4 (0.24%) Mac OS
13 4 (0.24%) Rocky
13 4 (0.24%) Solaris
13 4 (0.24%) Windows Server 2008
14 3 (0.18%) Debian
15 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 628 (37.47%) Agile
2 498 (29.71%) DevOps
3 449 (26.79%) Problem-Solving
4 379 (22.61%) CI/CD
5 366 (21.84%) Software Engineering
6 342 (20.41%) Full-Stack Development
7 304 (18.14%) SDLC
8 296 (17.66%) Microservices
9 277 (16.53%) Containerisation
10 256 (15.27%) Test Automation
11 250 (14.92%) Performance Optimisation
12 245 (14.62%) Migration
13 230 (13.72%) Business Intelligence
14 217 (12.95%) Mentoring
15 214 (12.77%) Front End Development
16 206 (12.29%) Continuous Improvement
17 186 (11.10%) Computer Science
18 185 (11.04%) Clean Code
19 181 (10.80%) TDD
20 177 (10.56%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 1,033 (61.63%) SQL
2 620 (36.99%) C#
3 489 (29.18%) JavaScript
4 338 (20.17%) Java
5 222 (13.25%) T-SQL
6 189 (11.28%) TypeScript
7 163 (9.73%) Python
8 151 (9.01%) PowerShell
9 72 (4.30%) PHP
10 48 (2.86%) C++
10 48 (2.86%) VB.NET
11 46 (2.74%) PL/SQL
12 21 (1.25%) C
13 20 (1.19%) Bash
14 18 (1.07%) VB
15 14 (0.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 13 (0.78%) R
17 12 (0.72%) VBA
18 10 (0.60%) Bicep
19 9 (0.54%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 319 (19.03%) Degree
2 107 (6.38%) Computer Science Degree
3 58 (3.46%) Microsoft Certification
4 57 (3.40%) Security Cleared
5 53 (3.16%) DBS Check
6 35 (2.09%) Azure Certification
7 32 (1.91%) SC Cleared
8 24 (1.43%) ITIL Certification
9 17 (1.01%) BPSS Clearance
10 13 (0.78%) Master's Degree
11 11 (0.66%) MCSA
12 10 (0.60%) MCSE
13 8 (0.48%) DV Cleared
14 7 (0.42%) MCP
14 7 (0.42%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 6 (0.36%) Numerate Degree
15 6 (0.36%) TOGAF Certification
16 5 (0.30%) HND
17 4 (0.24%) CISSP
17 4 (0.24%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 237 (14.14%) QA
2 127 (7.58%) Accessibility
3 49 (2.92%) Data Quality
4 44 (2.63%) GDPR
5 30 (1.79%) SLA
6 22 (1.31%) WCAG
7 20 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 8 (0.48%) ISO 9001
9 6 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
9 6 (0.36%) GxP
10 5 (0.30%) NCSC
10 5 (0.30%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.18%) HIPAA
11 3 (0.18%) NIST
11 3 (0.18%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.060%) Government Security Classifications
12 1 (0.060%) ISO 13485
12 1 (0.060%) ISO 15022
12 1 (0.060%) ISO 20022
12 1 (0.060%) PMO
System Software
1 299 (17.84%) Docker
2 119 (7.10%) Active Directory
3 91 (5.43%) VMware Infrastructure
4 56 (3.34%) Hyper-V
5 25 (1.49%) vSphere
6 19 (1.13%) Virtual Machines
7 18 (1.07%) VMware ESXi
8 12 (0.72%) Virtual Desktop
9 7 (0.42%) VMware NSX
10 6 (0.36%) Terminal Services
11 4 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
12 2 (0.12%) KVM
12 2 (0.12%) NFS
12 2 (0.12%) SRDF
12 2 (0.12%) Veritas Cluster Server
12 2 (0.12%) Xen
13 1 (0.060%) Firmware
13 1 (0.060%) GPFS
13 1 (0.060%) pfSense
13 1 (0.060%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 306 (18.26%) Kubernetes
2 72 (4.30%) Terraform
3 50 (2.98%) Microsoft Intune
4 37 (2.21%) Ansible
5 34 (2.03%) SCCM
6 24 (1.43%) Failover Clustering
7 17 (1.01%) Grafana
8 15 (0.89%) Single Sign-On
9 12 (0.72%) Prometheus
10 11 (0.66%) vCenter Server
11 10 (0.60%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 10 (0.60%) SCOM
12 9 (0.54%) Microsoft Clustering
13 6 (0.36%) WSUS
14 5 (0.30%) Progress Chef
14 5 (0.30%) Puppet
14 5 (0.30%) ZABBIX
15 4 (0.24%) Control-M
15 4 (0.24%) Tivoli Storage Manager
15 4 (0.24%) WMI
Vendors
1 733 (43.74%) Microsoft
2 198 (11.81%) Solace
3 193 (11.52%) Oracle
4 119 (7.10%) VMware
5 53 (3.16%) Databricks
6 44 (2.63%) Cisco
7 35 (2.09%) HP
8 29 (1.73%) IBM
9 25 (1.49%) SAP
9 25 (1.49%) ServiceNow
10 24 (1.43%) Veeam
11 18 (1.07%) NetApp
11 18 (1.07%) Zoho
12 17 (1.01%) Red Hat
13 16 (0.95%) Citrix
13 16 (0.95%) Dell
14 14 (0.84%) Bloomberg
14 14 (0.84%) Google
15 13 (0.78%) SolarWinds
16 12 (0.72%) Reuters